614-bass
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i have a 2000 johnson 9.9 on my boat. It ran okay last year and was winterized. tried starting it the other day and it would start for a few seconds then die off. the electric start is acting weird on it also. When i first try to start it, it will be okay and sometimes start then when it dies and i try to start again it will barely crank and then eventually sounds like it wont at all. If i go back and start it by the rope it will sometimes take a few pull and start. The other day after it dieing off a couple times i finally got it to run for a little while then i shut it down. Then the next day it was back to dieing off. It has new plugs and the battery is good and charged. Anybody have an idea to what could be causing this? Is it just the cold weather making it not want to run and it just needs to be warmed up? there was about 2 gals of old gas in the tank that was treated with stabil before winter. i put 5 new gallons of gas in with it before i tried to start it though.